Frosty Ride

**slofox** · 22nd May 2009, 13:34

Since I knew the rain was heading back in today, I zoomed out early this morning. Air temp was -0.8 when I left, according to my electromoronic weather recording contraption device...which indeed told no lies. Despite winter gloves, my friggin' hands were soon stone dead, and after about 50km I was more than happy to head home to a tub full of hot water...

Funny how cold hands can affect your whole attitude to the ride. Hitting a corrugation in a corner is usually no big deal, but with frozen phalanges, it becomes an epic disaster waiting to happen...
Better be looking into heated grips...or HTFU maybe.

**BM-GS** · 22nd May 2009, 13:48

Heated grips - don't leave home without them. Some MX-style handguards help keep the rain off too...

**fergie** · 22nd May 2009, 13:54

When i got my beemer i thought 'heated grips" wont use em!" how wrong was i?

**Big Dave** · 22nd May 2009, 13:58

Possum & wool mix gloves under bike gloves work very well too.

**snuffles** · 22nd May 2009, 14:09

heasted hand grips are the devices of champions.......never take any shit for using them

**Blackshear** · 22nd May 2009, 14:11

Don't put them in hot water, shit'll kill you and make your hands all prickly and itchy!!!

**dpex** · 22nd May 2009, 18:06

Originally Posted by slofox

Since I knew the rain was heading back in today, I zoomed out early this morning. Air temp was -0.8 when I left, according to my electromoronic weather recording contraption device...which indeed told no lies. Despite winter gloves, my friggin' hands were soon stone dead, and after about 50km I was more than happy to head home to a tub full of hot water...

Funny how cold hands can affect your whole attitude to the ride. Hitting a corrugation in a corner is usually no big deal, but with frozen phalanges, it becomes an epic disaster waiting to happen...
Better be looking into heated grips...or HTFU maybe.

Man! Heated grips rock!!!!

Interestingly, I thought coating my gloves with a water repellant was a cool idea. However, I have discovered that wet gloves, wrapped around full-noise hot-grips, work way better.

BTW: I failed to estimate the day and chose to use my racing gloves, which aren't coated. They got quickly soaked and the water transfered heat way better than my treated, dry-gloves ever have.

**Mully** · 22nd May 2009, 18:14

Umm, what did Frosty think about all this?

**Mom** · 22nd May 2009, 18:16

Wool is warm if wet and cold, I go BD option, heated grips have a huge rep though for the really cold places. I live in winterless norf, so know nothing about cold.

**Big Dave** · 22nd May 2009, 18:20

Originally Posted by Mom

Wool is warm if wet and cold, I go BD option, heated grips have a huge rep though for the really cold places. I live in winterless norf, so know nothing about cold.

North Noosa and I'm buying it.